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Midnitesun

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Gaia

0 posted 2003-01-11 10:30 PM

You always said maybe
even when you meant no.
Years ago I learned
how to bite my tongue
against the sharpness
of your words,
in anxious anticipation
hoping for the yes
that never came.
Little did I know
you had suffered
this same defeat
while your youthful feet
paced the halls of
your mother's heart,
searching for the gold
you were sure must be hiding,
only to discover
that mine yielded naught
but fool's gold.
Tarnished silver offered
brighter love lights
than what you were given.

I left home early.
First runaway episode,
I was only five,
yet I was gone for three days
pondering my future,
my cursed heredity shadowing me
until one day many years
and departures later,
I discovered alchemy.
Now I turn dust and rust
into golden dreams,
and have learned to dig deeply
from the mother lode of Love
I discovered God had set aside,
engraved with my name
by the bloodflow of ancestors
who had already paid
too high a price.

I am wealthy now,
with a healthy happy child
who knows that maybe
does not mean no,
but probably yes.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (01-11-2003 10:35 PM).]

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

1 posted 2003-01-11 10:33 PM

I would also agree that maybe that is a "yes", and might I say you two are one dynamic duo

Terrific verse m'friend.

~ The soul lies buried in ink that does not flow ~

Midnitesun

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Gaia

2 posted 2003-01-11 10:37 PM

Thank you so much Sharon. It's been a meandering path some days, but more flower-strewn than weedy.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

3 posted 2003-01-11 10:47 PM

"I am wealthy now,
with a healthy happy child
who knows that maybe
does not mean no,
but probably yes."

Fantastic write here Kacy!
All tied up in the ending....wonderful!
~Hugs & Smiles~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me~

garysgirl

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Florida, USA

4 posted 2003-01-11 11:34 PM

Kacy, I especially like the last verse, too. I knew when my Mom said that "maybe does not mean no, but probably yes". My daughter also knew what "maybe" meant when she was growing up.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

passing shadows
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displaced

5 posted 2003-01-11 11:36 PM

good write! thanks for sharing the story

Midnitesun

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Gaia

6 posted 2003-01-12 12:02 PM

Nancy, Ethel, Dixie, thanks for taking a moment from your evening to read this one.

Nan

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7 posted 2003-01-12 09:46 AM

I think many can relate to this introspection... Nicely said, MS..

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

8 posted 2003-01-12 09:57 AM

I know this lesson...
my tongue still
bears scars

regards2you
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since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

9 posted 2003-01-12 09:58 AM

Kacy,

I like this a great deal.

and this....among many other
lines I like:

"I discovered alchemy.
Now I turn dust and rust
into golden dreams,
and have learned to dig
deeply from the
Mother Lode of Love."

so creative yet wise.

Enjoyed, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

scorpio
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since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

10 posted 2003-01-12 10:13 AM

the possibilities of "maybe"...the certainty of "yes"...we would rather have "yes"...well written, Kacy..

believe in what your heart feels...

Midnitesun

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Gaia

11 posted 2003-01-12 10:33 AM

Thank you so much for spending a moment here, Nan.

Karilea, I apologize for stirring up any bittersweet memories.

Pat, thank you. Alchemy thoughts saved me from an early doom.

Scorpio, thanks, my birth sign friend.

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

12 posted 2003-01-12 10:35 AM

Midnitesun
Very insightful and a good write.

Magnus

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South Carolina, USA

13 posted 2003-01-12 10:55 AM

Kacy, this is awesome. And that is a great
understatement...

I am happy for the peace and serenity that
flows effortlessly from this very masterful
poem, filled with great insight...

Thank You..

Midnitesun

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Gaia

14 posted 2003-01-12 10:59 AM

Sy, better insightful than inciteful, right?

Barry, your reply blushed me a bit. Thank you for the warm moment.

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